Dana,
Mediaone does register the MAC address when they do the setup. The DHCP
server will only honor requests that come from a system with a registered MAC.
The best way to handle this (and I know you don't want to hear it) is to set
up a Linux box with 2 NICs to do the routing. It's all fairly easy, and
everything that you need to know is in the Net3-HOWTO, the Firewall-HOWTO, and
the Cable-modem-HOWTO (all available @ meatalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/docs/howto).
If you have any questions, feel free to ask.
FYI,
Kenny
"Dana S. Tellier" wrote:
>
> Hey, all...
>
> I know this is a tad off-topic, but I figure if anyone can offer
> help, it's this list. My parents have cable modem service at home through
> MediaOne, and I bought a Linksys Etherfast Cable/DSL router to make
> setting up the home network there really easy.
> The DHCP services on the router work fine, as it's giving all the
> PCs connected to it the right addresses. However, I can't seem to get the
> router to pick up an address from MediaOne at ALL. Do they check MAC
> addresses or something? Is there some hidden "trick" I'm missing? I've
> tried powering down the modem and then powering it back on, but that
> hasn't seemed to do anything. When I've unplugged everything and
> connected the cable modem back into the NIC in the original computer we
> signed up for the service for, everything works fine and it grabs a
> MediaOne IP (24.xxx.xxx.xxx). Any help, pointers, etc. are GREATLY
> appreciated.
> Hopefully I don't sound like too much of a dope... thanks in
> advance,
>
> Dana
>
> P.S. And no telling me to use a Linux box as a router... I'm still a
> newbie, and that's my end goal. ;-)
>
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